His literary biography is impressive at-a-glance. Even this, his first novel, was longlisted for the Booker Prize. Maps for Lost Lovers won the Kiriyama Prize. And he's received a Lannan Literary Fellowship. 1993; Anchor Canada - Random House of Canada, 2013 For readers, these are indications of quality,
Omens begins with an author's note that promises literary Easter eggs. Before the story even begins. Random House Canada, 2013 So, if readers choose, there are mysteries to be unravelled even before the narrator can make sense of them herself, hidden by the author deliberately. She acknowledges that
What a complicated tale. Though perhaps less so than "Open Secrets" and "The Albanian Virgin", for readers have a much broader sense of understanding what "really happened". The possibility of honest understanding, in this case, settles in the last letter that Annie wrote to Sadie. [NOTE: There are some spoilers
Having finished my re-read of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, the rest of this lovely August afternoon is reserved for other reading. Next weekend, another One Weekend, One Book: I'll be re-reading The Year of the Flood. (Oh, these are so good. Actually, good the first time, and great the
What a delicious juxtaposition: the lushness of the farmers' market this morning - and all the bounty and treat-ness that entails - with a re-read of Oryx and Crake planned for the remainder of the day. Like many other readers, I've been tremendously excited by the prospect of the trilogy's
